Every single messenger app looks same these days. They almost all offer stories, video/audio calls, profiles etc.
Self-destructing stories in my opinion started with Snapchat stories, then Insta, Whatsapp after being bought by Meta, and now appears in Facebook's Messenger too alongwith web Facebook interface.
Similarly, so called shorts/vines started and then caught up with TikTok, and now it's everywhere from Youtube shorts, to Insta shorts, and now I guess Twitter is going similar way too.
WhatsApp recently released a feature where we can follow and see stories of the celebs. I don't want to see celebs on my messaging app. If i want to follow, I will do that on any of their public handles like Twitter or Insta, NOT ON my WhatsApp. How hard is this thing to understand to people running these companies, making their apps BULKIER, SPAMMY and BUGGY, limiting their userbase and downgrading their real UTILITY by each update.
Insta was sick for sharing photos, before meta's takeover
Facebook was by far the easiest way to connect to lost old friends. You could have just searched by name without fear of being tracked.
Youtube was the way to see genuine videos, without people click baiting you for monetization.
Similarly, Whatsapp was the best way to say goodbye to carrier messaging. It retired leading services like Viber/Skype when it added video+audio calls.
But now, I think there's a point when they should stop updating, just make your framework sleek, make UI and security patches and release the f*****g app, don't add any more features that are not requested. One reason for the useless updates might be monetization and visibility. But, I think it hurts the framework in long-term.
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